Working Papers

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Economics of Energy

Analyze key findings on energy markets and policy impacts from Professor Knittel’s research.

Transportation and Environment

Discover advanced analyses on transportation systems and environmental effects.

Sustainability and Innovation

Gain insights into sustainable practices and innovative economic models.

Catalog of Publications

Knittel, Christopher R. and Shinsuke Tanaka. “Driving Behavior and the Price of Gasoline: Evidence from Fueling-Level Micro Data.” In submission.

Knittel, Christopher R. and Samuel Stolper. “Using Machine Learning to Target Treatment: The Case of Household Energy Use.” In submission.

Abito, Jose-Miguel, Christopher R. Knittel, Konstantinos Metaxoglou, Andre Trindade. “Coordinating Separate Markets for Externalities.” In submission

Knittel, Christopher R., Konstantinos Metaxoglou, Andre Trindade. “Does the U.S. Export Global Warming? Coal Trade and the Shale Gas Boom.” In submission

Burlig, Fiona, Christopher R. Knittel, David Rapson, Mar Reguant, Catherine Wolfram. “Machine Learning from Schools About Energy Efficiency.” In submission.

Archsmith, James, Kenneth Gillingham, Christopher R. Knittel, and David Rapson. “Attribute Substitution in Household Vehicle Portfolios.” Revised and resubmitted, The Rand Journal of Economics.

Jacobsen, Mark, Christopher R. Knittel, James Sallee, and Arthur van Benthem. “Sufficient Statistics for Imperfect Externality-Correcting Policies.” Conditionally accepted at The Journal of Political Economy.

Allcott, Hunt and Christopher R. Knittel. “Are Consumers Poorly Informed About Fuel Economy? Evidence from Two Experiments.” Forthcoming The American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Bartik, Alexander W., Janet Currie, Michael Greenstone, Christopher R. Knittel. “The Local Economic and Welfare Consequences of Hydraulic Fracturing.”  Revised and resubmitted to The American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.

Chen, Bo, Christopher R. Knittel, Don MacKenzie, Stephen Zoepf. “Racial and Gender Discrimination in Transportation Network Companies,” In submission.

Chen, Chia-Wen, Wei-Min Hu, and Christopher R. Knittel. “Subsidizing Fuel Efficient Cars: Evidence from China’s Automobile Industry,” In submission.

Lucas Davis and Christopher R. Knittel. “Are Fuel Economy Standards Regressive?” Forthcoming in Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Hashmat Khan, Christopher R. Knittel, Konstantinos Metaxoglou, and Maya Papineau. “How do Carbon Emissions Respond to Business-Cycle Shocks?” In submission.

Knittel, Christopher R., Konstantinos Metaxoglou, and Andre Trindade. “Natural Gas Prices and Coal Displacement: Evidence from Electricity Markets.” In submission.

Busse, Meghan, Christopher R. Knittel and Florian Zettelmeyer. “Stranded Vehicles: The Incidence of Gasoline Taxes Through the Lens of Vehicle Values.”

Busse, Meghan, Christopher R. Knittel and Florian Zettelmeyer. “Did ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Deliver? The Consumer Effects of the Car Allowance Rebate System.”